Update: Majority of Salt Lake County Council members say they’ll vote to overturn school mask mandate
Leaders face intense last-minute lobbying about a COVID-19 mask order for K-6 students after announcing they’ll vote Thursday on whether to repeal it.
(Chris Samuels | Tribune file photo) People participate at a rally advocating mask use in schools outside the Utah Board of Education building, Friday, Aug. 6, 2021.
Leia Larsen is a sixth generation Utahn and a water and land use reporter reporter for The Salt Lake Tribune. She has covered environment, energy and political issues throughout the West. When she’s not chasing the news, Leia can be found exploring the Wasatch Mountains, sleeping in the desert or rooting around her garden.
Bethany began covering state government at The Tribune right in time for the 2018 election. She's a proud Maryland Terrapin and worked at newspapers in the D.C. area and in Orlando, Florida, before coming to Utah. Her aspiration is to one day keep an orchid alive for more than a month.